Manchester United veteran Paul Scholes has been hailed by some of the game's
greatest names over the years.

Zinedine Zidane: "My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. Scholes is undoubtedly the greatest midfielder of his generation."

Rio Ferdinand: "He'll do ridiculous things in training like say, "You see that tree over there?" - it'll be 40 yards away - "I'm going to hit it". And he'll do it. Everyone at the club considers him the best"

Marcello Lippi: "Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team - that goes to show how highly I have always rated him."

Laurent Blanc: "I tell anyone who asks me - Scholes is the best English player."

Edgar Davids: "I'm not the best. Paul Scholes is. We can all learn from Paul Scholes."

Thierry Henry: "Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Paul Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is the one who directs the way his team plays. On top of all that he has that indestructible mental strength, and he is a genuine competitor."

Peter Schmeichel: "His reading of the game is unsurpassed. He has the best eye for a pass, for what the play or the game needs at that precise moment, that I have ever seen anyone else have. He controls and distributes the play and the game better than anyone I have ever seen."